Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services programs in Texas
12 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.
What this work pays in Texas
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Texas earn a median of $74,520 a year across 90,010 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters | $59,840 | 44,090 |
| Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas | $77,840 | 5,980 |
| Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas | $56,100 | 5,810 |
| Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners | $43,860 | 2,430 |
| Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas | $58,700 | 1,930 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazosport College Lake Jackson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Lee College Baytown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Lee College Baytown | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| McAllen Careers Institute McAllen | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 21 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.